Sharp County record., 1887-09-15
- rHE BRAVE.

Is In vast - gept. 2.-lhe i.d
e can nor, Ara,' TX 'vssterday has increased ',d
owe by IL. nss S interest, and the cro%a TSa
t the mem. - Fl than at the opening 100
hristendOm = a.on County some time aS .So
them to be erect o monument W soId
, this world Tho fell on this battle.loltt bOnt
re and saw - sch 1862. The movemeh' do
man who oil eli grew until it was as ~ ~
rs and saw s,snorate nn. the compie.lon 20 70
lout Chris, - bv : general reunion, T
g it. NAV co1federates and feuoi o. =
be iudg. vited. The ElkhOrn has linn.
Ter is soma d;sta M battle-feld, but mas .i, .his
a Christio, sartertainment. Besiues n, vu
ID, livipgm - farm houses ranging lron nn
# Christ, Has IN distance from tne sco,S nd
Ite ths. 'rt Ths movement then assume eor
preached ~ nsture of picnic, ana ~. ~
e preacboi e;t;zans have been erec'.hs .,,o
hree, and i beautiful grove just below .nS S
9nt. con., ~ '' has been trimmed up anu .sa
unapsWsr, valley which divides 'n0
tn. spring Of pure water Ct
tbs r,.-, ,npd tbes for two days pass
o I had i'Sun' Sn oar "anned thousands of people,
What. ~ hom have come from long us
,r,s nror"'' ~ ,sv have come in families hien'
infuem., ichildren. porrv is
innuehcsS, ,no' ea,cor and the marshal.
WIZ h. Wv and workers are composer VI
NJ hOo.a na" 'ntative men of Benton County
than som' ling day was devoted 10 'no Sav %
ware .n Sor Sor'' slcome and response, ana to,usy
~ "'iT -, Hou' Hu iii address was delivered by
W NJ oil W" ~ ~ Inbbock, of Texas. His al
= Nmgy ,r.'!, won ,argslv 10 devoted to the biography
:, WIN M % Rsn McCulloch, one of the
ther. Thg 81 pen ~ hottIe of March 7,
they may VINO ie'i ~ 'nO
may ayh oouorror said, was a
.;Ii - 80 iG - Rutherford County, Tenn.' a
Ill A'0pup ov Of his youth, afterwards a
~ - atn,on In 1885 a mere
who have anu poa'n %;' Tonnessee home
husbands IN ne iei' co,.o+t in the ex-
lIiaso uay 20 aid the Texans IN 'heir
ana angeli for independence. He was
Ainu unlH ,,;tb sickness on the march ana
eve youan - The fate of the Alamo. he
alter thai ,.ved for longer career and a
e, will tk Wy - soryice TO the State of
any slVl which made him conspicuous 10
., maHng sted IN the battle of San Jaclnto'
Top Oh tM & hundred Texans defeated fVe
garlands .vr,,,bar of their enemies, ana es-
tloodedth tba Independence of the Repub-
here as ~ .rr hIa results Of this battle
70 proclAla ,elt on at length.
ion ior oyernor made claim, which was
70 grace d agreed to by all present-that
band you Southern people won the victory
God' Is ax;co aided by the people OF the
on at you He then recounted at length the
'ou to ofT of General Mccullough to the Gen-
u to gu vornment before the war, and to
set, aud ,federacy, and dwelt with eloquent
Corlnthn mess upon his devotion to the
which he honestly and con-
N, but tAE ouslv believed to be right. The
,or was willing to accord to those
said to h urbt on the other side the same
let me hsT Of purpose and the same sincerity
yhed abdive.
into vOr! address was finely delivered and,
ng to ID occupying a full hour, was listened
,ou are b b attentive interest to its close.
wonal ator Berry then announced that
lstdest, was 4 disappointment in not having
some hS 'essman Gunther, Colonel Crockett
lome' Ethers from Arkansas to speak in be-
wandssf General Mcintosh, the Arkansas
remens Senator Berry Is at home here, has
heir sCydsome physique and pleasant man.
inauenaSnd only one leg, the other being lost
out Chsttle, and the people thought it was
IL - 4. n q
,ortunis s:husiastic calling he made an addre"
What % was loudly applaudad. He paid n
80 to tow5ribute 10 Mcintosh and Mccullough
DAYS Vhshe other soldiers who shared the con-
in times He olectrifed the old soldiers when,
one strpeaking of Colonel Elijah Gates, OF
that douri, he said of him that he was the
rhOniest Of The brave, and how bis voice
rand rded Ike the blast Of a clarion rs he
ch his men In their gallant charge. The
The sIhern soldiers fought bravely, and lost
Q sak' ave honor, but when the end came, he
ke Of rendered honestly, giving his pledge to
be Sport the Union and the Constitution.
ne o. pledge he has never gone back on
irOugh never will. So, too, with the true
HsNeral soldier, who, fighting with honesty
ven; E,onviction, considered the war ended
Ellnsn peace was declared.
gusts he Senator referred to the flag episode,
lntl!I said that while, during the war, the
10 is Of the South represented a sentiment
eat u principle, it was so no longer. No
ard u desired their return, and now, If oc-
gOl! lion demapded, the men of the South
uld battle as gladly for the flag of the
ge \ Ion as they did in the olden time for the
re nlisrs and the bars. In conclusion, he APP
ldthi aled to the audience for assistance to the
the lies Of the Fayetteville Cemetery Com
> stt ttee to inclose the grounds with a stone
/; 10 I'll, and quite a sum was contributed.
epI As there was no one else to speak for
ntsneral Slack, the chairman invited
idge G. "A. Defrance to speak. The Judge
esrsid, that though Missourian only by
and not in the battle, he felt it
urb Is duty 10 thank the people of Arkansas
-rgAr what they had done in erecting a
be Comment on this field to the memory of
7 'onfederate heroes, one of whom General
st lack was. He also thanked the citizens,
end especially DR.. C. NJ. Robinson, of
vi entonville, through whose efforts the re-
biains Of General Slack were removed from
pShe farm on which he died to the beautiful
o. rtemeteFy at Fayetteville, where the pious
& Snd loving hands Of the wom-
yHn Of Arkansas had gathered
/ re dead Of this and adjacent
Ieids Of Combat. General Slack. he said,
d rs born in Kentucky, but vAen but three
u 1ears Old, and three years before Missouri
Y ,ecame State Of the Union, came to this
State With his parents. What was then a
fw1loeFness, with few unimportant towns
Ano Uttered settlements, is now the great
central State Of the Union, and it was due
20 tno efforts and teachings of men like